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IELD OF INVENTION
The present invention relates generally to the field
of low gloss polyacetal resin composition. More specifically,
the present invention relates to novel core-shell polymers which
are especially useful as agents to reduce the surface gloss
characteristics of molded resin articles (e.g., polyacetal resin);
to novel polyacetal molding compositions which include an
effective amount of such core-shell polymers; and to articles
molded using the molding compositions.
BACKGROUND AND SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Polyacetal resin is used in diverse fields as an
engineering plastic due to its excellent physical properties,
such as mechanical, electrical and chemical properties (e.g.,
chemical and heat resistances). However, the identification of
new end-use applications for polyacetal resins often requires
further property alterations and/or enhancements.
One such property that is needed when polyacetal resin
is employed to form molded parts used for automotive trim or
optical instruments is a relatively low surface gloss. A low
surface gloss
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will thu~ rQduce the light re~le~tivity property o~
~Ae molded part. P.~ a re~ult, low ~urface glos~ on
molded par~ ~ill tend to cau~e 1~ ey~ ~LrriJc3.tion
(i.e., ~ince le~s light will be refl~cted ~rom the
part' S ~ur~ace) . Furth~rmor~, low surface glo~ on
molded p~rt~ fal~rlcated from engineering p~a~tic~
~nd~ to impart a more ae~thetic~lly pleAsi~g
high-grade appearance to t~ p~rt.
An abil~ty ~o "engine3~r" t~ ~rac:e ~lo~
c~acteri~tic:~ would al~o be bsne~iGi~l ~n tho~e
in~tan~ea where moldod part~ ~abr~catQd ~rom
polya.cetal re~in ~which inherently ex~ibit~ a
relatively hlgh sur~ace glo~s ) are u~ed in
cooperation with molded part~ ormecl o~ other
non-poly~cet~1 resi~. Th~t i~, lt would be
e~pecially de#i:c~bl~ to redu~ ur~ac~ glo~# o
polyacetal resirl ~o an ~xt~nt wher~3 it i~
8ubstantially ~3~uivalent to the molcled ~art~3 o~
non-polya~tal ~asin in which lt ~9 coopç~atiYely
~ ed~ An inability ~o date to reduce the ~urfa~::e
glo~s of polyacRtal re~ins ~y controlled ~mountt3 oo
~hat it i~ ually imperceptible with part~ molde~
rom non-polyacetal r~sin~s h~ thu~ be~n one barri3r
to ~3i~g palyacetal re~in irl end-u~e applicatlon~
( ~ ~ y., a~ partE; ~ox electri~ and electronia dev~ce~ )
where the polya~etal part wiL1 be vi~ible.
~ ttempt~ ~n the pa~t ~o ~educa th~ he~ently
his;h ~3ur~ace g~loa8 oiE polyac:~tal re~ins hav~
included ~ncorpora~tinq inoryanic iller materi~l,
~uch a~ calc~n carbonat~ or talc, in ~ poly~t~l
b~ re~ln. However, larç~e amount~ o~ ~ch
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inorganic filler material must typically be added -to the poly-
acetal base resin before the des:ired low surface gloss appearance
is realized. The addition of relatively large arnounts of
inorganic filler materi~l, however, is disadvantageous since it
has a tendency to reduce the mechanical characteristics
(especially elongation and toughness) normally associated with
polyacetal resins. Thus, for example, the mechanical properties
may be degraded by the addition of relatively large amounts of
filler material to the point where molded parts of such a
highly filler-loaded polyacetal resin breaks during assembly or
when dropped.
It has also been proposed to lower the surface gloss
characteristics of polyacetal articles by incorporating an
organic filler material in the form of cross-linked acrylic resin
particles. However, this technique is less than satisfactory in
terms of the resulting gloss reduction that is achieved. Further-
more, the addition of acrylic resin increases the likelihood that
the polyacetal resin may decompose when the acrylic resin
particles are melt-blended. Decomposition of polyacetal happens
to take place during blending, kneading ~r melt-blending.
Thus, what has been needed is a polyacetal resin
composition having reduced surface gloss characteristics which
can be "engineered" without affecting the desirable physical
properties of polyacetal resin generally. It is towards fulfill-
ing such a need that the present invention is directed.
Core-shell polymers are known, for example, in U. S.
Patent No. 4,200,567 and Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication
(JA-A or Kokai) No. 2-294,352.
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Broadly tho pre~ant invention 1~ d~ rected to
polyacetal re~in ~ompo~l~ion~ which inclu~le ~n
effective ~urface ylo~ reduclng amount of a novel
cor~-~hell polymer a~ a ~urace glo~ reduction
(SC~) agen~, and to the core-~hell polym~r i~lf.
In thi~ conn~3ction, th2 ~ore-~hell polymer which i~
empl~yed ~ the ~ R a~ent i~ on~ Which ~a~ a ru~bery
pol~mer core and ~ ~la~y (auTI~rphou~) polymer sh~ll
com~r~ ~ed o~ a vinyl copol3~mer having an oxygenlc
polar ~roup. In pre~erred ernbodiment3, the
low glo~ polyace~al re~ln CompoBition~ of thl~
lrlvontion w~ile includ~ betweerl 1 to 50 parts by
w~iqh~ o~ the core-~hell polymer per 100 parts by
weight o~ th2 polyacetal b~se xe~in.
Further asp~ct# and ~dvanta51es of thl~
invorltion wll~ becom~ more clear ~rom th~ foll~wil~g
det~iled de~cript~ on of tha pxeferred ~x~mplary
~n~bodimerlt~ ~he~00f . n
Dh'TAI~ED D SCR~PTION OE ~
PRE= 13X~!lPrlA~X E:~fBODIME~rS
A~ 1~n~3 PO~,YaC~ta1 Baa~ Re~in
l~e polyac~tal b~s~ ~a~i~ that ma~ e u~ed in
the~ compo~ition~ o~ th~ pre~ent inv~ntlon i~ a
normally aol~ d, hi~l -molec:ul~r welgl~t F)olymer m~inlx
comprl~ed o~ ~epeating ox~me~hylene ( ~CH20- ) uni~.
Th~ polyacetal ba~3 re3in may be ei`ther a
polyoxyme~hylene homopolymer or a copolyrner,
torpolymer or bl~ck copolymer ~ontainlng a ~m~ll
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amount of other monomeric units in addition to oxymethylene units.
The polyacetal resin may be linear, branched or cross-linked.
Furthermore, the degree of polymerization of the polyacetal resin
is not particularly limited.
B. The Core-Shell Polymer
As briefly noted above, the core-shell polymer according
to the present invention includes a rubbery polymer core and a
glassy (amorphous) polymer shell comprised of a vinyl copolymer
having an oxygenic polar group. The core-shell polymer can be
produced by a serial multi-stage emulsion polymerization process
in which a polymer formed in the preceding stage is covered with
a polymer formed in the following stage. It is preferred that,
in the seed particle-forming stage, the monomer, surfactant and
water be fed to the reactor prior to addition to an initiator
which initiates the emulsion polymerization reaction.
The first stage polymerization according to the present
invention is the stage which forms the rubbery core of the core-
shell polymer. In this connection, the monomers that may be
employed in the first stage polymerization include conjugated
dienes and alkyl acrylates containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms in the
alkyl moiety, as well as mixtures thereof. These preferred
monomers are thus polymerized in the first stage of the
emulsion polymerization process
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~c~ a~3 to yield tha ru~b~r~ polymer whiah ~ill
c:on~itute t~he core o~ the co7ce-~hall pol~ner.
Sp¢ci1c ~xa;nple~ o~ c~njuyat~d diene~ that may
be employed a~ ~he monome~ he flr~ ~tage
polymerization include b~ta~ e, l~oprene,
chloropr~n~, and the ~ike, W1th butadiene belng
p~rti~ularly prefe~r~ed. On the o~her hs,nd, f3peci~1c
ex~mpl~ of alkyl acryla~e~ that can be employed
m~nomE3s~ in the 1rat ~ta~o polym~rizatlon include
a~hyl acryl~te, proF~yl acrylate, but~1 acrylat~3,
cycloh~xy~ acrylate, ~~ethylho7cyl acry~.a~e and tho
lik~. 8utyl acryl~te, ho~ver, 1~ pa~tic~ rly
pres~r~d.
Auxlliary com~norn~r~ ao~olymerizabl~ ~i~ the
con~ugated d~nes an~/or alkyl a~rylat~ c~ o 1
emplo~ed in th~ ~ir~t ~age polymorizatlon.
Example~ o~ ~uGh ~t~xlll ary ~omonomere include
~ariou~ aromatia v~ nyl oY~ ~'1 nylld~n~ compo~ uch
as ~tyren~, vi~yltoluene, ~-methyl~tyren~, ~nd th~
lik~), vlny~ or ~lnylide~ cyanid~ compounds ~ such
a~ a~rylo~i~r~ le, Ine~hacryloni~rile and the ll~
and al~{yl methac~y~ e~ ~ such a~ m~thyl
methacrylate, bu~yl metha~rylat~ ~nd ~ k~)~
When th~3 ir~t ~a~e polyme~i~ation ~y~tem does
~ot con~a:in a conju~a~ed dlene o~ it do~ but
onl~ in a p~opo~tlon not escc~ding 20 wt.% o the
total monomer aon~ent in the i~t ~tage, ~hen
impro~ed impac~ #t~n~th prope!~rtl~ can be ob~in~d
b~ corporating mi~o~ ~ut ef~cti~e) amount~ o~ a
cro~-llnking monomar and/or ~ graftlng monomer.
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E~mple~ o~ ~uita}~le cro~-lln}cin5~ monome~ lnclud~,
~no~g o~her~, aromatic di~nyl monomer~ such
divinyl~nzene, and alkan0 polyoJ. po}3~acrylate~ or
polymethacrylate~ ~uch a~ ethylene ylycol
dlacryl~te, ethylene glycol dim~thacryl~te, butylen~
glycol diacrylate, he~anediol diacr~lAte, hexanediol
dimet;hac:rylate, oligoethylene gl3/col diacryalat0,
olioetAylene glycol (di)acrylate,
t~lm~thy, lolp~ atne d~ methacrylat~,
tr~methylolpropan~ ~rlacryl~te, trim~hylolpropano
trimet~acrylate, and the ~ e. Pa~ticularly
pr~rred ~r~ butylon~ glycol dl~r~late and
hexan0d~ ol diacryl~t~ .
Example~ of gr~ing monomer~ ~ha~ tna~ b~
~ncl-lded in ~he fir~ a~e polymexoization ~y~tem
inclu~le, ainong othor~, ~llyl ~ o~ un~aturated
carboxylic: acids, ~uch a~ a.tlyl ~cryl~t~, allyl
methacrylate, diallyl mal~ate, diallyl fum~rat~,
cli~llyl ~taconata and the lik~. 0~ the~e~ allyl
met:hacrylate 1~ pr~ti~tllarly preorred.
T}le cro~-llnking monom~r ar~d~o~ gr~i~ting
mor~ome~ u~ed, a~e pre~ent in the flr~ a~rQ
~olymeri~a~ion ~y~tem in an amount up ~o ~bou~ S
wQight pe~cen~, and preferabLy ~etween 0.1 to 2
weight po~cent sach, b~ed on th~ total monom~r
wel ~h~ .
The sh211 pha~e o~ th~ core-~hell polymer
ac:coxdin~ to the p~a3ent in~rention i ~ especiLally
ch~r~cterized by a glas~y (arno~phouE~ polym~r
compri~ed of a vinyl copolym~r havl ng ~n ~xy~enlc
2 ~ ~ o~ 0~
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polar group. In this connection, core-shell polymers which do
not have the requisite oxygenic polar yroup do not impart a
sufficient matting (gloss-reducing) effect upon polyacetal base
resin. Likewise, minimal (if any) gloss reduction is achieved
when vinyl polymers not having a core-shell structure but having
at least one oxygenic polar group are blended with polyacetal
base resin. The oxygenic polar group includes hydroxyl, ether
-O- such as glycidyl, amido -CONH-, imido -CONEICO- and nitro -NO2.
A preferred monomer that may be employed in the final-
stage polymerization to form the vinyl polymer having at least one
oxygenic polar group may be, for example, (meth)acrylate of an
alcohol having two or more oxygenic polar groups, for example,
(meth)acrylates of alcohols having at least two hydroxyl groups
and/or a glycidyl group. In this connection, specific examples
of (meth)acrylates of alcohol having hydroxyl groups include
hydroxyethyl (meth)acrylate and hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylate,
among which hydroxyethyl methacrylate is prefered. Speclfic
examples of (meth)acrylates of alcohols having a glycidyl group
include glycidyl acrylate and glycidyl methacrylate, of which the
latter is preferred.
Furthermore, vinyl monomers having an oxygenic polar
group other than the (meth)acrylates described above may be
employed. For example, allyloxyethanol or allyl glycidyl ether
may also be used as a comonomer to form the vinyl polymer forming
the shell of the core-shell polymer according to this invention.
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~ he monom~r~ Gon~titUt~ng th~ gl~l8~3y polymer
togeth~2 wlth the above~~oted monomer havin~ An
oxygenic polar ~roup lnclude alkyl ~m~th~ acr~l~te~
~uch a~ m~thyl(mQth)acrylate, e~hyl (meth3acr~1ata,
bu~yl ~meth) acryla~e, and tha like, aromatic v~nyl
or vin~liden~ compo~cl~ ~u~h a~ ~tyrena,
vin~ltolu~n~ a-meth~ $ retle and ~he lil~e, and ~rin~l
or ~rlnyl.ider~e c~anid~ ~uch a~ acrylonitri le
met~acrylo-nltril~3 and th~ like. P~ laxl~
pr~erred aro m~thyl ~ ac~yl7,~0~ ~tyren~ and
acry~ onit~ile .
An ir~t~rmQdi~te ph~e ~nay b~ ~nt~rposed botwo~n
~h~ fir3~ age polymer pha~e and the ~inal-~tage
polyme~ pha~e, 1~ de~red. The intermediata phasQ,
i~ pre~3nt, ~an be provided by ~ub~ectlng a
polymcri~ monom~r ha~in~ ~unctional ~xoups, ~uch
a~ glycid~rl met~acryla~e/ methacryllc acid,
~ydroxy~thyl methacrylate, ~nd the lik9, a
polymerizablo monomer ~orming a gla~y polymer ~uch
met~yl meth~crylate, or a polymeri~a~le monomer
~orrnin~ ~ rubbery polymer, ~u~ a~ ~utyl acrylato,
to pol~nerization co~ ion~ ln an int~rrnadi ate
emul~ion polymerizatlotl ~tage.
A variet~ o in~Rrrnedlate pha~e morpholo~le~
call b~ ~elec:~ed according to the proper~les 'chilt ar~
de~ired ~or the r~ultin~ core~ ell polyrner. In
thl~ r~3gard, core-~hell polym~r ha~ring ~uch a~n
interm~di~te p~ may, or examp~e, b~ a multilayar
m in which th~ lntermediat~ phas~ in interpo~ed
as a layer betw~en the cor~ and ffhell polymer~, or
a~ a "aalami-l i~e" 8y8tem in whicl~ th~ lntç3rmadlat~
,
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pha~ di~per~ed ~ ~m~ll par~icle~ throughout the
core polyme~. In thi~ latter morpho}ogy, the
lntern~edi~te pha~e may orm a new ~ubcore ln the
ce?nter~ o~ core polymer as i8 ~ometim~s the ca~o
w~en ~ty~ene or the lik~ i~ u~ed a~ t~e i~termedl~te
phase-forming monome~.
Tho u~ o a core-~hell polym~r ~aving ~n
intermediate pha~e may result in improvements ln the
impact st~s3ngth and hest-dia~ortlon tempe~atur~, a~
well a~ enh~nc~ment~ in th~ 1exur~ modulu~. In
addition, impro~ed appe~nce ch~ra~tor~tic~ o~ ~he
cor~-~hell po~ymer as a r~ul~ o tho pr~nc~ of
the lntermediate ph~e may r~ul~ due t~ d~cre~sed
moldinçl delAmlnation and red~lc~d pearle~cence and
color va~iatlons ba~au~e of r~ra~tive index chan~es
iTl the ra8ulting mold2d artiGle~s~
~ he emlll8ion polym~rizatlon a~cordin~ to th~
pre~nt in~tehtion i~ pr~erably c~ried out u~ing'
~ura~:tant, ~uch as a non~ onic surfactan~ o~ an
ollgomeria an~onic or nonionic ~urf~ce, a~ w~ll a~ a
polym~riz~tion ini~ia~or, ~uch a~ an a~o or peroxide
polymer~ ~atio~ initiator.
A number c~ wall known ~urfactant~ t~at are
commonly used in emul~ion polymerlza~on proc:es8e~
generally can al~o ba ~mployed irl ~he ~mUlsio~
polymerization proce~s according to khl~ lnven~lon.
Thus, or e~campla, nonionic e~her type ~urfact~nts
~uh a~ polyoxyet:hylene non~,rlphanyl ~ther,
pol~ox~thylene stearyl eth~r, pc)l~oxyethyler~o
le.uryl ~t~e~, And the lik4) nonionic: ~qter type
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~ur~ctant~ ~Uch a~s polyo~c~e~ len~ mono~t~ara~e and
~e llke, s~onioni ~orbltan ~te~ type ~urfactant~,
~uch a~ polyoxyethyle~e ~orbi~an monolaurate and ~e
llke; and nonionic l~lock copolymer type sur~ c~n~
æu¢h a~ polyoxyethylene polyoxypropylene hlo~k
copolymer~ and thQ like may aati~actoril~ ~e
emplo~ed .
Th~ pr~ srr~d su~actants to ~e us~d lx~ th~
proco~e~ of thi~ in~entior~, howeve~, are ol1 ~omerlc
anionic or nonionic ~urfactant~ such ~ ~ho~e whlch
hav~ bo~r~ u~ed ln ~mulsion polymerization re~action~
~c~r certain ~peclalized pu~pos~. For ~xample,
oligomeric sur~actant~ of the ~ollowing ~ormula ~and
whlch a~e de~cribed in Japans~e Pater~t Publication
~Jo3~ 34~32~1972, 34833/lg7~ and 38080/1972, t:he
~n~clrety o a~ch ~eing expre~ly ~ncorpoxat6d
hereinto ~y ra~e~ence~ can be employed ln the
~mul~ion polym~rization p~oce~ o t~1~ inv~ntion:
¦ t, 1 1 1 1 1
h % J~ Ib
wher~in the ~truc~ural unit~ r~pr~ont~d by the
ormula~:
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l- C - C - j and l C - C - J
are randomly arranged in the surfactant's molecule, and wherei.n
R represents an alkyl group of 5 to 20 carbon atoms, preferably
6 to 12 carbon atoms; n is 0, 1 or 2, and preferably 0 or 1,
and more preferably 0; Rl and R3, which may be the same or
different, represent -H, -CH3, -C2H5, or -COOH; R2 and R4, which
may be the same or different, represent -H, -CH3, -C2H5, -COOH
or -CH2COOH; X represents -COOH, -CONH2, -OCH3 or -OC2H5; and Y
represents -CH2OH, ~ , -CONH2, -COOC2H4OH, -COOC3H6OH,
-CONHCH2OH' -CONHCH2' -CONHC2H5' -CONHC3H7~ -COOHcH3~ -Cc2H5'
3, OCOC2H5 or -COOCH -CH-CH
In other words, the surfactant may be defined by the
formula:
~ 2 1 ~ IR3 IR41 ~ l2n-1 IR2nl
R ( )z t I l --tC--C ~ C C--J--H
1 ' y H X2 y H Xn Yn
In the above formula, R means an alkyl group of 5 to
20 carbon atoms, preferably 6 to 12 carbon atoms; z is 0, 1 or
2, preferably 0 or 1, and more preferably 0; n is an integer of
; 1~ R3, R2n_l reSpeCtively mean -H, -CH -C H
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6 5 ~) r~ ~
or -COOH; R2, R4,--- R2n respectively mean -H, -CH3, -C2H5,
2 ; Xl, X2---Xn respectively mean -COO~I -CONH
-OCH3, -OC2H5, -CH20H, ~ , -CONH2, -COOC2H40H, -COOC3H60H,
-CONHcH2oH~ -cONHcH3, -CONHc2H5~ -cONHc3H7~ -COOcH3~ -Cc2H5'
3, OCOC2H5, or -COOCH -CH-CH
The molecular weight of the oligomeric surfactant to
be used in accordance with the invention is about 200 to 5,000,
preferably about 1,500 to 3,000, with the degree of polymeriza-
tion (~ Ya) ranging from about 6 to 50.a-l
The molecular weight of the oligomeric surfactant to
be used in accordance with the present invention is between
about 200 to 5,000, preferably about 1,500 to 3,000, with the
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degree of polymerization (A+b or ~ Ya) ranging from
about 6 to about 50. a-l
The oligomer~c ~U~actant a~ ~Uch may h~
water-~oluble. ~W~r~ he ~uract~nt 1~ not
water solUbl~ then it i~ conv~rted to a
water-~elu~le ~al~ by r~ac~ing th~ no~-~ater-soluble
pre~ur~or with an oxide, hyd~oxide or ~lcohol. The
wat~r-~oluble ~alt mQy Include, among oth~r~ ali ,
m~tal ~alt~, ~lkalin~ earth m~al ~alt~, Grou~
h~avy m~atal ~alt~, ~mmoni~m 0alt, ~ub~titut~d
ammonium ~al~, and ~h~ lik~. Partlcularly
p~e~rre~ i~ ammonium ~alt~
Th~ p~oportion o the oligom~ri~ ~urf~ctArl~
tha~ ~ ~ employed in t:;he prac'cice o~ inv~r~tlon
lected with r~f~rence to the part:icl~ ~
stabili~;ing pow~r of the p~rt~cular ~fA~an~ that
i ~ u~ed .
Th~ o~l~om~xic ~ur~actant~ ~an b~ syn'ch~ sd,
fo~ e~ample, acaordlng to t~ technl~ d~aa~ibed
in Japan~e pRtent Publlcation No. 47-34832 (tho
iro ~ont~n~ o~ which is ~tpr~ly in~orporated
herqinto by r~erenc~3 ), by t~e addition-
polym~lzation of r~levAn~ monomex~ in an ~ drou~
~ol~nt ln t~a pre~ence o an alkyl Ine~capt~n ~nd~
i~ nece~Ary~ oxidizing the oligom~r with hydrog3n
p~rox~de or ozone to t~e co~r~ponding ~ul~oxide or
~ulfono. ~he al~cyl merc~ptnn ma~ incl~de, ~mon~
ethers, n-o~tyl mercaptan, n dodec~l mercap~an,
t-dodocylmarcaptAn, n-d~cyl m~rcapt~n and the l~ke.
Th~ ~dditlon pelymeri~tion 1~ typically c~rried out
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lsl the te~npex ature ran~e of be~w~RD. about 20 to
u~ 10(:~ C .
~ monomer~ mentioned above lnclude
tt,B-ethylenically unæaturated monomer~ h~vîng at
lea~t on~ p~lax group, such a~ (me~h) ~crylic acid,
a-ethyl acrylate, B-methyl acrylats, ~ dimethyle
a~:rylat~, ~ap~oic Acid, i~caconlc acid, umar~ c acld,
maleic acld, (meth)acrylamlde, vlnyl eth~l ether,
~rirlyl methyl eth~, allyl ~lcohol, ~rlnylpyrrolidone,
(meth~ac:rylon~trll~, ethylacr~lo~itrlle, methyl
~m~3th)acr~rlat~3, othyl ~cryl~, hydroxy~athyl
(meth)acrylate, hydroxypropyl (meth)acrylatQ, vin~l
ac~tate, v~nyl propionate, N-i~opropyl~crylam~d~,
N-ethylacrylam~de, N-me~ylacr~lamide, glyc~dyl
~meth)acrylat~, N-rnet:hylolacrylamide ~nd th~ llka.
The 801trant t}~at i~ u~ed du~l~g the ad~ ion
pol.~morization i~ pre~xably A lowar alkarlol, such
a~ methanol, e~hanol, i~op~opyl alcohol and ~h~ like~
A~ noted bri~ly ~bo~, azo type ~nitiator~,
suc:h ~ azob~ o~utyronitril~ net:hyl
2,~'-azobi~tisobut~fra~), 2,2'-a~obi~
(2-amiciinopropane) dihydroc~lorid~z2, and p~ro~
~Tuch as c~mesl~ hydroperioxl~le, ~ opropylb~n~no
hydrop~xoxide, hydrog~n p~roxide c~ be employe:d
~ucco~ully. The~a ~pecl~c init~to~ may be u~ed
alone or in combination.
Th~ emul~ion pol~ne~i~at:ion in a roaction
~y~m ~:ont~ ing t~e r~onionlc au~actant andJor
ollgomerlc ~ur~ctar~t, ~nd ~n azo ~nd~or ~ p~roxide
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initiator yields a core-shell polymer which includes minimal (if
any) sulfur-contalning anions. If present, the con-tent of
sulfur-containing anions (such as sulfate or sulfate ester ions)
in the core-shell polymer according to the present invention is
so low as not to be detected by the following conventional
qualitative tests for sulfur-containing anions. Since the core-
shell polymer according to the present invention is substantially
free from sulur-containing anions, it can homogeneously be
melt-blended with polyacetal resin without detrimentally affect-
ing the polyacetal resin's properties so as to produce polyacetal-
based resin compositions which exhibit excellent surface-
dullness, impact resistance, and elongation. The sulfur-
containing anion includes sulfur oxide compounds such as sulfate,
persulfate, sulfite and sulfonate.
The presence of sulfur-containing anions in a core-
shell polymer can be determined by a qualitative test procedure
which includes weighing 5 g of a core-shell polymer sample and
placing it in a 50 ml. Erlenmeyer Elask to which 20 ml. of
deionized water is added. The contents of the flask are stirred
with a magnetic stirrer for 3 hours, a~ter which the contents are
filtered through a No. 5 filter paper. The filtrate is divided
into two portions. 0.5 ml. of a 1~ aqueous solution of barium
chloride is added to one of the portions and the turbidity of the
resulting mixture is compared with that of the other filtrate
portion.
The core-shell polymer according to the present
invention can be in the form of granules, flakes or powders, for
example, by producing a latex of the
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c~ he~l polymer u~ing the above~d0~cr:Lbed
emul~ion p~ iza~io~ proce~ in the pre~nce of a
3uract~nt and ini~ia~or. ~he la~ex i~ then
qub~cted to a ~xeeze thaw cycle ~o a~ to s~parate
th~ polymer~, :followed by c~n~riu~ally dehydrating
the polymer and flnal d:~yi~g. The ~olvent and ~e
sura<:tant u~ed in the ~m ~ n polyme~izatlon
procR~ ca~ thu~ ~ubstantlally ~ emov~d from the
~e-~hel 1 polymer.
~ lternat~v~ly, the lat~x may be dried and u~d
in lt~ a~ produced ~orrn, in~a~d o$' b~ing sub~ected
to a free~-~aw cycle de~cribed ~bo~e. In thi~
connection, ~pray-clrying using a ~pray drler can
al~o be u~iliz~d ~or reco~ery of the core-~hell
polymer f:~om thç~ lat~x.
Th~ Gors-~h~3Ll polymer thU3 i~olat~d arld
~ecovered may t;l~an ~e proce~3ed into pellet~ l:y
mean~ o~ al~ l3xtrud~r or p~lle~izer. Alterna~i~rel~,r,
~he r~co~rere~ cor~-~hell polynl~r ma~r be directl~
melt-blande~l wit~ a matrix re~ln ~o achl~ impro~ed
' impact ~tra~gth propertie~, or ex~nple, ~or th~
r~3~ulting m~lt-b~3nded compG3ition~
.
The core-~hell polymer ~e~a~lbed ~13o~e i~
pre~en~ i~ t}lo compo~l~ion o~ the pre~ent inveal~on
ln an amount b~tween 1 to 50 part~ by t,r~ight, and
preerably 1 to 20 parts by weig~, p~r 100 part~ by
we~ght o ~3 polya~al b~e re~in. ~ t~e ~mo~nt
o the aor~-~h~311 polymer i~ ~oo ~mall, in~ll~icient
reduct~ on of th~ ~urace sJlo~ w~ll e~u~ . Os~ th~
other hand, if the amount u~ the ~::ere-8~lell pol~m~3r
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1~ ~xcessive, th~ mechanlcal propert~s3,
partic~larly ~tl~ , will be ad~er~ely aea~ca~.
In ~4ddltion, exces~i~e ~mou~ o~ the core-~hell
polymer wil~ lmpart detrlmental efect~ upon the
compo~itlon~l hea~ ~tability characteri~tics~
Mold~cl art~cle~ fo~med ~rom ~h~ polya~etal
comp~itions o thia inV~ntion not orlly exhlbit
uniormly lowç~r ~ur~ac~ ~lo~ and high-grade
appearance chaxact~ri~t~ c~, but ~l~o xetain khe
~xcellent m~chanical properti~ ak ar~ r~n~ in
polyacetal re~ln. Thn re~vn~ why the~ e~ecta ar~
o}:~tained are not iEully und~r~tood ~t thl8 t~
Elowever, wlthout wlQhlng to ~e bound to any
partlc-llar ~heoxy, it 1~ ~urml~ed th~t 'che
aore-~hell p~slymer 1~ di~per~ed in th~ ~ur~ace
regian o~ the mold~:d artlcle i~ the ~o~m o~
parti~le~ ha~ring a ~i~e b~we~n O . S to 2 . O,~m. A~ a
result, the ~urace o~ ~he ~rticls i~ roughene~ b~,r
the pre~er~ce o~ the~e core-shell polymer particle~.
~n addition, ~ oxy~eni~ polAr group~ a.re uni~or~l~
di~per~ed on the ~ur~ac~ o~ ~he articl~ 80 ~at it~
~ur~ace appearan~e i3 modl1ed re~lting in lower
~ur~ace glo~.
~ he ~omp~ition~ o~ 'chi~ ention typ~c~
exllibi~ a sur~ace glo~ o~ 3S~ or le~s, and mo~;3
typically, ~5% or less a~ ~etermin~ at ~ ~e~le~::tion
anS~le o ~5-4S~ accordlnçr to 3IS K 7J05.
It is de~irabl~ that the compo~itions o~ thiG
invention m~y include known ~2at at~bilizor~ ~o
~o improve the hQat ~tabl lity of th~ re~ulting
. , . , , ~
1~
compc~ition. In thl~ conn~2ction, i~ i~ de~irable to
use one or mora t~bilizer~ ~alect~d ~rom among
kno~n ant~ oxid~nts, nl~rogan compound~, and alk~ll
~r alkaline ear~ metal compound~.
In ~ddition, ~he c~mpo~i~io~ o ~ha pre~nt
lnvention m~y ~3uitab3 y be colc~red :by tha
lnc~rporatlon o variolA~ ca~bon bla~ or o~her dyes
and/or ~igment~ conv~ntionally employed in ~e ~ield
o en~l~eerin~ re~in~. Furthermore, virt~lally an~
other additivo amploy~d in ~3ngineer~ ng r~lns
con~ntio~ally may b~ incorporated into the
compo~itlon~ of th~ pra~enk i~vantion ~o a~ ~o
achi~ve de~ired prop~rty charac~eri~tic~.
Th~ compo~ition~ of the pre~e~nt lnvent~on ca
prepared by conventional proce~s~ for preparin
~nth~t~ reain ~ompo~ltio~ u~ing con~ntional
proc~lng es~ pment. ~or exalnple, thq nece~ ry
compon~n~ may l~a mix~d tog~et:~er, ~eaded and
ex~rud~d with a ~ingle- c~x twin-~crew extruder ~o
provide pellet~, follow~d by molding of the pe~ t8
to ~or}n artic:le~. Alternativel~y, ~e compo~ition
may be prepared by ~dding all ~omponent~ to q
moldln~ machins 30 tha~ melt-blending occur~
~imul~aneoualy with moldlllg to orm a~ticle~.
~urt:~er, a part or the anti~aty of the ~e~in
~:~mponellts may be pulverlzed ~n~ mixed with ~e
r~a~idual comporlent~, followed by mel~-ext~usion to
prc:~riLde p~Lleta. Th~ pall~t~ y therl be employed
to forln mol~ed a~ticle~. The abov~notec~ optiotlaL
~tab~ 2r~ and additi~e~ m~y a~bitraril~f be add~d
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in any process step prior to the production of a final molded
article.
The polyacetal compositions of the present invention
exhibit significantly improved effects in terms of lowering the
surface gloss characteristics for molded articles formed of the
compositions by virtue of the presence of the core-shell polymer,
without detrimentally affecting the inherent physical and
mechanical properties that are attributable to the polyacetal
base resin. Accordingly, molded articles having satisfactory
physical and mechanical properties can be provided with
"engineered" surface gloss characteristics.
The composition is improved in mechanical properties
and thermal stability.
Further aspects and advantages of this invention will
become more clear after careful consideration is given to the
following detailed description thereof which follows.
EXAMPLES
In the following Examples, all components are expressed
in parts by weight, and the following abbreviations have been used:
The composition is molded in a conventional manner such
as injection, extrusion and compression or pressing, preferably
at a temperature of 180 to 240 C. Molde~ articles are useful
for automobile interior trim parts, optical instruments and
electric appliances.
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Component A~re~la~io
ethyl ac:xylate EA
~nethyl h~e~ha~rylate M~
but~l acryl at~ E~A
1,4-bu~ylene glycol diacrylat~ B~3A
allyl ~ thAcryl~t~
- meth~crylamide MAM
nonlon:l c ~ur4ac~ (pulyo~c~ethyl~na E:gSO
nonylph~nyl et~, Emulgen ~50,
}C~o Corpora~ion )
d~ioni~ed water DIW
2, 2 '-a~obis(2~ opropane) VS0
dlhydrochlorid~ ~V~0, Wako Pu~a
Chemic:al Indu~tries, Ltd. )
2-hydroxyethyl m~k~acrylat~ ~IEMA
ctyr~n~ St
~lycid~l methacryl~ a~
polyace~al r~in P0~1
ollgomsric ~nion~c aur~ac~ant ~urf~ctant A
~e oliqomerl c anionic ~ur~ct~nt de~lgnated
'tSu~?actant A" ~d ~e ~ollowinS~ formula and w~
~ynthe3ized ~ in ~:~ample 13 ~i~ JRpane~e Kokal
~atent Application No . 53-1~)6~2 ( tha e~t:i re contelnt
o~ which is itlcorporated ~ully hex~into ~r
referance), ac3~u~t~d to pH 7 . 5 with a~eou~ anunonia
and cliluted with pur~fied w~ter to make a ~olld
content of 10% t
.. . .
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1 ~ 1 ( I I I
n~ ~Gw ~ J - l--c~ J--a
~1 C~ 8 ~ H e~
~wherein ~: b = 7 s 3, a ~ ~ ~ 13.6, and mo~cular
w~ight = ~310)
~231tlon ,~ou
mathac~yïic ac:id 155
3~0 g
rl-DMP lOg g
AIBN 4.4 g
l~opropyl al~o~ol 314 g
~le 1 - Pr~dua~o,~ o~ Core $~ell Pol~r A~
1~00 ~ o:F DIq~, 1. 6~3 g o~ 2~% a~00~ ammor~:la, 7
g o~ ~3ur~ctant A and 0.1~ ~ o~ MAM w~re char~ad
tnto a S lit~ polymerlza~ion r~ac~or e~[uipp~d btith
refltlx condatt~sr. T~e re~ctor ch~gQ wa~ heated
~o 70~ undar a ~tream o nitro~en w~ile beln~
~t~rred. 27 . 86 ~. of a ~eed mo~omer mixtur~ o~ the
~ollowing compO#iti~n wa~ thon add~d and dl ~p~r~3ed
ov~r 10 minute~, ollowed by the additlon o~ 21 ç~ o
~ 10% a~ueou~ ~olution o~ V50 ~o ini~iat~ ~e~dad
pc71ymeriza~ion:
~a~ed l~onome~ ~oun~
EA 27 . ~64 g
AlMA 0 .1 4 g
BGA 0 . 056
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A~er 7 g o MA~q we~e added, monom~r em~l~ion
prep~red by ~ddin~ 10 g o~ ~urfactan~ A, 900 g of
DIW and 2.~0 g oE 25% a~aueou~ ammonia to 1365 g or a
coxe monom~r mixture o~ ~h~ ~ollowing oompo~ition
and a mixture o~ 21.0 ~ of a 10% ~ueou~ ~olution o~
VSO ~nd 0. ~3 g o 1% a~uoou~ ~mmoni~ were
con~inuou~ly fed ov~r a periocl o. 18t) mintlte0 for
furt;her ~eded pol~m~riz~tion:
ComPone~; A~
BA 12~5 . 2 g
1~0.0 S~
BGA ~ g
AlMA 7 0
The xeac~ion mix~ur~ wa~ h~atad to ~30C, aged
~or one hour and cool~d to 70C, ~ter whlch, 9 ~ or
a 10% a~ueou~ aolution of ~150 atld 0 . 27 Si' or 1%
eouB anunonia were added to the reQctor. A ~hell
monomex emul~ion of ~h~ following compo~it~on, lZ g
of ~ ~ 0~ OU3 ~olutioI~ a~ VS~ 2~nd 0 . 36 g o~ 1%
aSIuaou~ ammoni~ ~aro cont~nuou~ly fed t~erointo ovex
60 minv,teP~ ~o~ ~urther oeeded polymerization~
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&~ ~on~e~ E~u~ o~:
Compone~tAmous~t
2~5.~ Y
E~ 6~0 g
Sur~actan~ A 30 . 0
DIW 500 . 0 g
25~ aqueou~ ammonia o. 72 g
St 180. 0 g
o g
BGA 1 . 2 Çt
- ~M 3 .0
Th2 r~action mix~ur~ wa~ h~ated ko 80C, a$~ed
~or ono hour, coolad, and filt~red throu~ a
300-mes~ stainle~ ~teel ~crae~ to ~ield a
co~e-she11 p~lymer late~c.
The lstex w~ fro~n ~t -15C, ~hawed to room
t~mpera~u~a and ~i1ter~d throu~h a gla~ . llt~.
The ilt~ caJ~e wa~ drl~d ~n an air c~re~t at 60C
for 24 hour~ to qive the ~o~e-~h~ll pol~mor A.
E~t~l~ to .4 - Pr~ductio~ of Co~e-~aell
P~l~ma~s~ to D~ Re~ec~i~re~
Polymorl:Z;at~ on wa~ rrie~ out in ~ a~m~
manne~ a~ ~ha-k of E:~sample 1 above, axcep~ ~hat ~ac~
monom~r mixtur~ wa~ the compositlon ~peci~led i~
~ollowin~ ~rable ~. Al~o in th~s ~xs~lnples, 35 g of
the cor~ monomer mixtur~ wa~ used a~ th~ ~ed
monomor~. The r~ult~ ~ the~e ~xampl~ were that
cor~-~h~ll polymer~ B to O w~re obtained..
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T~le 1
, ,_ _ ~
Monouor C~ra-~h~ll polns~r ts~nbol)
~oD~osllt~o~ . . ~
tPt~. b~ t. ) ~ C 13
__ _ . __ _
~A' 12'~3 . 2 1243 . 2 1250, Z
. _ . ~
_~., ~40.0 l40.0 l40.0
Core BGA~ 2 ~.3 2.~
A~Ul _ _14 . o 1~ . u _ 7 . o
P~A44a.8 ~8.~ 4q8 a
~ __ _
,._ ~ . ~o . o o . ~110 . o
8h~11 _~_ GMA --. . ~ ~o . o
~ so.o ~o.o
_ _ .. _ _ .
~¢A 1.2 i.a 1.2
__ . ____ .,_ _
E~aun~l~a S to 13 - PFod~ uction of POM Resin
,c,,o,,~o,~ition~ ~lL~ (9
~ POM cope~Lym~r r~ a product o~
Polypla~tic~ Co., Ltd., trade-name Duracon) and eac:h
o~ thes c:oro-~hell polym~s ~ ~o D p~oduce~ Rbove
were dried untll the watar ~ontenl: had been redu~od
~o 0. 3%. l~ge components W~re th*n mel~-`blended
w11:h on~ another a~ a ra~io ~peci~l~d in Table
b01Ow uslng ~ twin-ocr0w ~xt~ud~3r ~CM~30
manufactur0d by Ik~gai Corporatic~n at a cyllndar
tempora~ur~ o~ ~00~C and ~ die he~d t~mpera~LIre o~
2004C to form pall~ti~d POM compo~itlon~ ( 1 ? to ( g ) .
ComDarat:L~re E~ e :1 - Prod~ction of P~, ~sln
on~eo~l Ition ( J.~
A }?OM aopolym~r re~3in and an lmpact tnodifier ~!:
( ~ procluat o~ ~ohln ~ Haa~ 330 ) we~a m~lt-lcn~adQcl
to~ r ~t a ra.tio sp~ci~ied in 'r~ 3 to obtalh
pell~tiz~d POM r~8in compolsition (lt)~.
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ara ampl~ ~ - P~oduc~ion o~
Core-Sh~ll Po~mer F
1320 g of DIW and 6~ g o~ a 109~ aqueou~
~olution of E~50 were c~ar$J~d lnto a 5 li~er
pol~,~merlzation r~actor e~auippad w~th ~ reflu~
~ond~n~er, with the charge belng ~t~r~ed axld heated
~o 70~C u~de~ ~ nitro~n ~rean~. 77 g of a ~ore
monomer ~nix~ure of the following c:ompo~itlon wers
ad~ed as~d disp~r~ed o~r~r 10 mlnutes, ~ollo~red by
additiox~ o~ 154 g of a 2% ~ ous ~olution o~ V50 to
initiat~ a ~ ded polym~rization.
C:~o~r~e MonQ~n~r ~i~e:
Comp~e~ oulat
EA 1533 ~ 84 g
AlMa 3 . oa g
BGA ~ . 08 g
A monom~r emul~ion wa~ ~en prsp~r~d by addlng~
440 g of a 10% a~eou~ ~olution o~ E~50 and 44 :) ~ of
DIW to the remainder ( 14~3 g) o~ the core monomsr
mlxture was cont~nuou~ly ~ad OV~ 0 mlnu~ or
~urt}le~ ~eded polymerizatlon.
1~ reaction mi~ture wa~ agod at a temp~ratu~a
o 70~C for OIl~ hou~ and ~r~nsP'erred to th~ ~Gond
polymeriz~tion s~aS~e.
~ n the~ ~econd polym~riæation ~tage 66 ~ o a. ~%
a~u~ou~ ~olultlon o~ VS0 wa~ added to ~e r~a~tox ;~nd
1120 5 o a ~hell monomer ~mulsion of t~ ~ollowinq
compo~ition wa~ continuously fe~ over ~0 ~n:in~te~ ~or
further ~oeded pol~,fme~iz~tions
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~ell ~ An~mer ~mul~3~0P:
C~ ,~,,oun~
~MA 5g~L. t) g
E Z~ 66 . 0 g
10% a~aueous ~olut~on
1~9~220. 0 0
Dl~ 4!40 . O g
~ he rea ::tion mi~ture w~ haa~d to 80~C, ~g~d
fcr. one hour, cool~d and ~iltered t~ro~gh a 300-m~h
~t~lnle~ ~t~el ~cr~n to give A core-~h~ll p~ 3r
lat~x.
~ ls polymer l~t~x wa~ ~rozen ~ -15aC, thRwed
~o ~oom ~emp~r~ure and i~ilt~ed throus~ a gla~
fllt~r. The filt~ ke wa~ drlad ln ~n a~r c~lrren~
at 60C to yield ~ha core-s~oll pol~m~r E.
o~aratiye ~xam~le~ 3~ d 4 -_P~odu~tion of~ PO~
Re~in_ComPo~ ,on~ nd ~12~
Pallet~z~d POM ~e~ln ~om~o~i~lon~ (11) and (12)
. were produced b~ u~lng the ~or6~-~h~ll polymer li tn a
uimilar mann~3r to that dOEscrll~d ~bove or th~
preparation o POM compo~itlon ~1 ) . The o~mul~tion
o aach compo~itlon i ~ ~iven in T~ble 3 .
Co~arati~q~ mpl~ 5 ~and ~ - P3~oduatio~
Acrylic: Relg~ins G,~E~
A ~nonomer mixt;Ure o~ tho ~ wi ng compo~it~ an
W~8 ~olut~ on-pols~mer~ed ~Ar3domly 11l toluene at 70~C
u~ing A1~3N ~ ~ polymeri~tlon lnltiator (ln an
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amount o:f 0.1% by welght based orl th~ mono~r
re~. ThQ form~d poly~ner wa~ pr~clp~t~ted ~n a
poor ~olv~ t ~d clried to obtai~ ~crylic r~in~3 G
and ~ hav~ ~e ~ollowing comt~nom~ cont~n~:
~cryllc Resin G: ~IMA/}~ - ~0/20
A~:ryl~c R~in H: M~GMP~ ~ 80/20
~omDa~at:iye, 1~2a~ple~s 7 o 10 - P~d,us~tlon o~, P0~
osinL ~o~npo~i.tiLor~s _( 13 2 t:o ~L
P~llet~ed Pt)M resiIl compo~itlon~ ( 13 ) to ( 1~;)
w~e produced by u~l2Lg the core~hell polymer F and
acrylla xe~ins C: and ~ prepared .in Comparati~e
E~ le~ 2,5 and ~ in a ~imilAr manner to ~a~ u~d
to prepar~3d PO?I con~po6i~0n (1~ Th~ ~ormulationl3
of each compo~it~on iB giv~n ln Tabl~ 3.
Q~lali1;~1:ive ~e~t ~ Sul~ato Iono
~ o ~ a~e iOIl~ in th~ c;o~ hell polym~r~ A
to D, ~ llnd the lmpac~ modifl~r E wer~ detar~ cd by
t~ ~ollowing proc~dure. 5 ~ of e~h ~ampl~ w~r~
w~ighad into a 50 ml conical 1a~k to which ~0 ml o
DIW wa~ added. Th~ mixture wa~3 then ~t~r~d w;i-~ a
mag~et~c $~.irrer i~or 3 hour~. The ~$~rred mix-~ur~
W~ ~iltsred t}lrou5~h a no. 5 C filter paper with ~he
~iltrat~ th~reafter b~3ing divided lnto ~Wo
~ub~3tantially ~3Srual portlo~ 0. 5 ml of a 17~
ag~l~ou~ Jolutîon 0~ loArium c:hlorid~ WE~ ~dded to one
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o~ the portion~ alld the r~lative tu~bidity o~ tha
two portion~ wa~ ~hen quall~a~iv~ly ~ erved.
According to ~ e~t, no ~ul~ate ion~ were
dateated ln the co~e~ ll polymer~ ~ to D ~nd ~,
b~t ~ul~ate ion~ ~4e~3 detecte~ i~ the impact
modi~ r E.
E~ral.uatio~_ o~aya ll c~ haract~ tica
The POM r~ln compo~ition~ (1) to ~17) p~oduce~
in the manrl~r de~cribed ~bova ahd ~ cont~ol re~in
compoLition which did not con~ain any impac:t
mod~ier were ~ach ~xam~n0cl for variou~ phy3i~al
Ghar~cteri~tic~ accordins~ to the following
F~rocedt re~. The r~sult3 app~r in Tabl0s 2 and 3
t 1 ) I)~t~r~in~tio:a of ~r~aa~ A~pear~c~ and
~ur~ace Glos~ CharaGteri~
A t~t pi~c~ (70nun x 40nu~ x 3~mm) prcpared b~
molding ~ach compo~ition unde~ ~h~ follot~/~n~
~ondi~iorl3 was examined f or ~ur~ace appe~rance and
surf ac~3 glo ~ arac~ri sti c ~:
Molding Machine: To~hiba Corporation,
IS ~30
Molding Condltlon~:
~ C~l 5~ C3
c~flindQr temp. ( ~C) - 200 lgO l~O 160
in~3ctiorl pres~u~e - 650 kg/cm~
in~ec~ion ~pe~d - 1.0 m/min
mold ~omp. ( at!) - Isa
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(~ ~ Sur~ç~ ~ppe~a~ce~ urE~ce appQar~nce wa~
evalllated in term~ of dullne~ and sur~ac~ unl~onoity alld
cl~,~si~;l ed ~ ec:tlvely into the follow~ng four rank~, whereby
the les~er rankin~ m~an~ het~ex dullne~ ~nd hig~er uniformity
,~
- Surace i~ uniformly roug~ and
~o outline o~ a ~luore~cenk
mi~atinS~ larnp i~ vl~ibls
o~ e ~ur~aca
2 - the qurXac~ i~ nonuni~o~mly
2:ou~h, bu~ no s:~utlin~ o~
lllumitlatln~ lamp i~ obse~v~d
3 - an obac:u~e o~ltlir~ o the l~mp
1 e p~rceptibl~
4 - a cl~ar o~tlltle of the lamp 1
pe~c~ptibl~, ~d the ~urfAc~
n~a~ly ~moo~
~ u~c~ ~los~
W~5 dete~:mlned at ~ r~ ction o~ 45~-4~ according
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~ote t-3 Table 3-
~ 1) - PO~ ~ in compo~i~ion (lO) failed du~ing
moldin~, p~esumably ow~ng to bu~lin~ durlng tha
extru~ n cAu~ed ~y ~h~ decompo~l~ion vf
polyoxymethylen~, and a~ a ~:a~ult, 'c}~e ~u~face
appear~hce w~ not e~luat~d.
________________..____
Whilq th~ vention ha~ b~en de~crib~ad i~
connectlon with hrhat i~ pre~entl~r con~ldered to ba
the: mo~t practic~l and p~ef~rred enbodiment, lt
to be unde~s~ood that the lnven~ion i ~ ~ot to be
LimitQd ~o the di~clo~ed embodiment, but on ~he
contrary, i~ intended 'co C:bVer variou~ mod~ication~
and oquiv~la2~t ~rr~ngemen~ 1 nclud~d withln th~
~pirit and scope o t~e app~ndod cl~im~.
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